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Almost rolled my truck off a cliff today...

n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
edited May 2009 in General Discussion
Well...not so much of a cliff, but a VERY steep bank. I was trying to get through some deep heavy snow to get up to the trail head with my truck. I kept going forward and then backing out and going a little further forward....problem is, the truck kept working a little closer to the edge every time I backed down (just the weight of the vehicle and gravity). The last time I tried to back out, my truck kind of went sideways at a diagonal and my driver's side tire was on the VERY EDGE of the bank...if I had rotated that tire one more revolution, I'd have gone off the embankment and rolled my truck. I ended up getting some chains and a come along up to a tree on the hillside above me and got the truck back up into my ruts, where I was able to back down. I was as close as you can get to rolling that truck off the cliff.

This happened probably 15 minutes after the run in with the wolf...we had an eventful day today.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, doesn't matter if it's a Dodge, Chevy or Ford, none of them take a roll very well! Glad you kept in grounded![;)]
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ECC
    we had an eventful day today.
    Sure sounds like it.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by pickenup
    quote:Originally posted by ECC
    we had an eventful day today.
    Sure sounds like it.


    Did I mention the Moose that took interest in us while we were paddling a different river??? He sure seemed like he was trying to figure out what in the world these kayakers were...
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  • Tech141Tech141 Member Posts: 3,787 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Snow? Where do you live, the North Pole?
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  • cnsaycnsay Member Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Tech141
    Snow? Where do you live, the North Pole?


    Close enough, North Idaho
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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,613 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've learned that it's hard to back down an icy / slick incline in a truck. That's how I got stuck in a ditch in my last 2wd truck. Was backing down an icy incline and the truck just slid right into a ditch. Got pulled out by some friends.
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  • Tile KingTile King Member Posts: 316 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Tech141
    Snow? Where do you live, the North Pole?

    i was kinda thinkin the same thing.
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  • mauser54mauser54 Member Posts: 3,733
    edited November -1
    Been there, done that, makes a persons rear end pucker alot tighter![:0] Good to hear that you got out without any further problems. The life and times of living in North Idaho![:D][:D]
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  • MaxOHMSMaxOHMS Member Posts: 14,715
    edited November -1
    If ya hadda rolled yer truck, I doubt ya woulda broke the GB record of 15 rolls!
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  • screwobamascrewobama Member Posts: 625 ✭
    edited November -1
    It's the middle of May, you need to move to a warmer climate!
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    don't you have an obama motors lifetime warranty ??????
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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,093 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I stopped taking my truck on some of those fire roads. The damage to tires (rocks taking chunks out of the tread) made it a no-brainer to take the ATV to those places instead of the truck.

    The only problem is you have to dress much more warmly on the ATV than while in the truck.
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  • gun_runnergun_runner Member Posts: 8,999
    edited November -1
    I wouldnt say that. I rolled my 76 Ford last year and it sustained minimal damage and still runs like a sewing machine. They dont make em like that anymore....quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    Yep, doesn't matter if it's a Dodge, Chevy or Ford, none of them take a roll very well! Glad you kept in grounded![;)]
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Alpine
    I stopped taking my truck on some of those fire roads. The damage to tires (rocks taking chunks out of the tread) made it a no-brainer to take the ATV to those places instead of the truck.

    The only problem is you have to dress much more warmly on the ATV than while in the truck.


    I don't have an ATV yet...but I do agree. These forest roads tear your vehicles up.
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  • SG_NinerSG_Niner Member Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by shootertutor
    If ya hadda rolled yer truck, I doubt ya woulda broke the GB record of 15 rolls!


    I guess your talking about me, http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=374719&SearchTerms=15,times
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